Apologies for the shameless plug but I really do love this cookbook. Over Easter I had the rare pleasure of a full afternoon free to cook up a massive storm...and the thought of Moroccan food was making my mouth water. I started with Beetroot and Yoghurt Dip (actually from Syria), then made Tchoutchouka Salad (yeah I'm not kidding) which involves roasting red, yellow and green capsicums and further cooking them in chilli powder, paprika, cumin and garlic. This creates a spicy warm salad. I topped it all off with a Moroccan Tomato and Cucumber Salad and we ate it with hummus, warm lebanese bread and heated marinated kalamatta olives. Even after devouring the leftovers today I am still salivating thinking about it. I got the recipes from Feast Bazaar by Barry Vera, Murdoch Books, RRP $39.95. The television series this book is based on keeps eluding me but I hope to catch it one day soon. This is my kind of food. It is exotic, fragrant and conjures snake charmers and dusty market stalls in my mind. I must get to Morocco sometime soon!
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